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Echidna vs Aardvark - What's the difference?

echidna | aardvark |

As nouns the difference between echidna and aardvark

is that echidna is any of the species of small spined monotremes in family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea while aardvark is the nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal species: Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

As a proper noun Echidna

is a female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.

echidna

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of the species of small spined monotremes in family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
  • Synonyms

    * (species of Tachyglossidae) spiny anteater, bunning

    Derived terms

    * Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi ) * Barton's Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni ) * cyclops Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi ) * eastern Long-beaked echidna () * long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus ) * short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus ) * short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus ) * Sir David's long-beaked echidna () * western long-beaked echidna ()

    See also

    * Tachyglossidae * Tachyglossus * Zaglossus * piggibilla * puggle (commons)

    Anagrams

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    aardvark

    English

    (wikipedia aardvark) (Orycteropus afer)

    Alternative forms

    * aard-vark, erdvark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal
  • The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
  • A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.
  • I walked into the wrong bathroom like a total aardvark .

    Synonyms

    * (mammal) African anteater, antbear, ant bear or ant-bear, anteater, earth pig